Car-door bracket.



J. K. MCGUIRE.

CAR DOOR BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 8, 1909.

9%3 39 Patented Dec. M,

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specification 1Jetters1?atentllatented Dec. 14, 19 32 Application filed February 8, 1909. Serial No. 476,604.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH K. MoGUnu-i., a citizen of the United States,'.res1d1ng at- V alley J nnction, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Car-Door B1':1Cl8t,'0f which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention'is to provide a car door bracket of the kind designed for use in connection with freightcars for the purpose of limiting the outward movement -br.acket is so constructed and arranged that it may be bolted to the car in such a manner that, after it is secured in place, none of the bolts may be removed by persons on the out-' side of the car, to thereby avoid the possibility of removing the brackets ind then swinging the lower portion of the door outwardly to provide access to the interior of the car without breaking the car door seal.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects con templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the device embodying my invention detached from the car. Fig. 2 shows an inverted, plan view of same. Fig. 3 shows an enlarged, detail sectional view illustrating the lower portion of the bracket and the lower bolt in position relative thereto, showing the nut thereon locked. Fig. 4' shows a vertical sectional view of a portion of a car and a car door and my improved bracket applied thereto, and-Fig. 5 shows a similar view.

illustrating a slight modification.

Referring to theaccompanying drawings, I have. used the reference numerallO to in dicate the body of the bracket which is preferably fiat and rectangular in outline, and which is provided'at its upper portion with one or more counter-sunk bolt holes 11.

Near its lower end is a vertically arranged slot 12. This part'of the bracket is designed to be secured to the side of the car by means of bolts, as will be hereinafter described.

The part of the bracket that is designed to prevent downward movement of :i (211' door comprises a horizontally arranged portion point above the'slot 12 and an cuswaa llv andjoutwardly projecting portion l i. filna parts l3'and let are braced and reinl'im-cd by means of a rib 15. lhe lower portion ni said rib has a flat end at 16 arranged. a lmlt distance above the slot 12.

In the modified form of the device illustrated in F igs.'2 and 5, I have formed in the inner end of the rib l5, a, rectangular nut recess 17, as clearly illustrated in Fig. The slot in the modified form is extended upwardly somewhat farther than in the passed through it with the nut on the r-nrl of the bolt resting in the nut recess .117, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

The reference numeral 18 is used to indithe car door.' Below the floor 18 is a longitudinal supporting timber 21. This car structure is of the ordinary kind now in common use and of itself forms no part at my present invention.

.One of the important features of my invent-ion is the arrangement of the means for prises a bolt 22 having a rounded head and extended through the part 21 and the portion of the car side, the rounded headbeing on the inner face of the part 21. The screw threaded end of the bolt extended through the slot 12 and the bracket is first placed in position with the bolt 22 at the bottom of the slot 12. Then a nut is placed on the bolt and is turned until itengages the bracket. This may easily be done'becausethe part 16 will be spaced apart above the nut so long as the bracketis in position with the bolt at the bottom of the slot 12. When the nut has been firmly screwed to position with one of its edges substantially parallel with the part 16, then the operator bodily moves. the bracket downwardly until the part 16 engages the top of the nut, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This,obviously, will prevent the nut from being unscrewed until the bracket is first bodily elevated. In order to prevent the bracket from being elevated and to firmly and securely support its upper end, I extend one or more bolts ll 1;

cate the floor of a car, 19 the car side, and 20 fastening same to a can This means com} 13 extended outwardly from the part 10 at :2 l

form shown in Fig.1, so that a bolt may be car side, as clearly shown in'Fig. L'and place nuts 24 on the ends thereof inside of the car where they can not be reached'by persons on the outside of the car. By this arrangement, it is obvious that. after, a. bracket. is thus secured to a car, 1t can not be removed, nor can its lower end be swung outwardly from the car for the reason that bracket can not be bodily elevated on acpose of count of the bolts 23 which are' accessible only to a person on the inside of the car.

In'the modified form shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the slot. 12 is made slightly longer and the inner end of the rib 15 is provided with a; nut recess 17.0 When-the bracket is moved downwardly, the entire nut is contained within the nut recess and, therefore, it can not be reached for the purpose of turning it, or for breaking it from the bolts after unscrewing it, nor can a. person get access to the nut and the end of the bolt for the purdone with the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4:; I claim as my invention.

1. An improved carhd'oorbracket, com

prising a body portion having a" slot in its lower, end portion, a part extended out-- wardly and upwardly from the body, said part being formed with a nut engaging shoulder thereon above andclose to said slot, a bolt to extend through the slot,,a nut thereon to engage said shoulders, and means for securing the bodyportlon against upward movement. p

2. An improved car door bracket, com= breaking it ofi as might possibly be prising a body portion having an integral part extended outwardly and t en upwardly therefrom, said part being provided with a nut engaging shoulder formed therein at its base, said body portion being also provided with a slot below the nut engaging portion, and means for securing ,the body. portion against upward movement.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a body portionhaving an integral part extended outwardly and then upwardly upwardly, said body ortion having a slot near its lower end and a bolt opening in its upper portion, a nut-e aging shoulder arranged above said slot, a lt passed through upwardly, saidbody portion having a slot near itslower end and 'a bolt opening in its upper. portion, a nut engaging shoulder ar ranged above said slot having a recess through the slot, a nut thereon in engagement with said nut-engaging shoulder, a bolt passed through the bolt opening in the upperportion of the body portion, and a nut thereon, for the purposes stated.

Iowa, January 27', 1909.

, Des -Moines',

Witnesses RALPH Onwr'o, M. B. GoLDIzEN.

JOSEPH K. MCGUIRE.

having a recess.

' the slot, a nut thereon in-engagement with formed therein at its base, a bolt passed" 

